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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM56F_the-friends-school-at-birmingham-meeting-house_West-Chester-PA.html
Was established at this place about 1753. It was for many years under the care of John Forsythe, the First Head Master of Westtown Boarding School opened in 1799. Dr. William Darlington was a pupil at Birmingham.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM56E_the-peace-garden-at-birmingham_West-Chester-PA.html
During the Battle of the Brandywine on September 11, 1777, the American Army used the walls of this Quaker Burial Ground in their first line of defense. Both armies used this meetinghouse of Quaker pacifists as a hospital. Behind the wall is the c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM56D_bayard-rustin_West-Chester-PA.html
Born here, the civil rights leader and pacifist organized the 1963 March on Washington. Head of A. Philip Randolph Institute, 1966-1979. Elected to Henderson High School Hall of Fame.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM56B_star-of-the-west-tent-no-six_West-Chester-PA.html
An African American women's community service organization chartered 1865. A part of the United Order of Tents, J.R. Giddings and Jollifee Union, founded in 1847 and named for abolitionist Congressman Giddings and his law partner.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM56A_joseph-t-rothrock_West-Chester-PA.html
Conservationist, father of the State Forest idea in Pennsylvania, lived in this house from 1876 until his death in 1922. He pioneered in the development of forest fire control, reforestation, and scientific forestry.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM541_samuel-barber_West-Chester-PA.html
Boyhood home of this composer of orchestral and vocal works, including the "Adagio for Strings" and Knoxville; Summer of 1915." Won Pulitzer Prizes in music, 1958 & 1963. Graduate, Curtis Institute. He wrote West Chester High's Alma Mater song.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM540_horace-pippin_West-Chester-PA.html
Born in West Chester in 1888. Pippin occupied this house from 1920 until his death in 1946. A self-taught black artist, he painted while living here such notable works as "Domino Players," "John Brown Going to His Hanging," and the "Holy Mountain"…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM53Y_site-of-first-school-house-in-west-chester_West-Chester-PA.html
(Turk's Head), built of logs, 1760. Used as a hospital for American wounded after the Battle of Brandywine, Sept, 1777. Some soldiers died and were buried here in the schoolyard.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM53X_g-raymond-rettew_West-Chester-PA.html
A West Chester chemist, he pioneered the mass production of penicillin, the world's first antibiotic. In 1943, with Wyeth Laboratories, his lab (a converted auto repair shop here) made & sent more penicillin to the Armed Forces than any other lab …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM53S_womans-rights-convention-of-1852_West-Chester-PA.html
The first Woman's Rights Convention in Pennsylvania was held here, June 2-3, 1852, four years after the famous Seneca Falls, New York, Convention. It adopted resolutions promoting the legal, educational and vocational rights of women.